Old Hard Drives in new build?

pkiely13

February 6, 2009 4:39:15 PM

Hi,

I'm building a copletely new system but my current harddrives are only about 1 year old and I'd like to just move them from the old machine to the new one. I'm running Windows XP.

Is this possible?

Are there any steps I need to follow or can I just pull them and put them in the new one?

Thanks,
Paul

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February 6, 2009 4:45:13 PM

Best to reformat and do a clean install of windows, then install the new MB chipset drivers. Otherwise, a 'repair' install of windows MAY work, then install the new MB's chipset drivers. The old windows installation has the MB/chipset drivers from the old board and that may cause problems. Can't recommend the repair install, fresh install would be ideal, but Google Windows XP repair install pocedure for details.

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Proximon

February 7, 2009 3:53:49 AM

Yep +1

It's not just drivers that have to be replaced, there's a whole deeper layer of hardware configuration.

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theAnimal

February 7, 2009 5:34:54 AM

pkiely13 said:

Hi,

I'm building a copletely new system but my current harddrives are only about 1 year old and I'd like to just move them from the old machine to the new one. I'm running Windows XP.

Is this possible?

Are there any steps I need to follow or can I just pull them and put them in the new one?

Thanks,
Paul

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